St Vincent's Catholic Primary School

“Caritas Christi Urget Nos –

The love of Christ urges us to care for each other and strive for excellence in everything we do.”

Kooth – Family Support Webinar

Kooth is designed to support the wellbeing and resilience of young people and is available for 11-18 year olds in Barnet.

Kooth provides a safe, secure means of accessing help via the internet.  By accessing Kooth, young people can benefit from: 

  • A free, confidential, anonymous and safe way to receive support online.
  • Out of hours’ availability. Counsellors are available from 12noon to 10pm on weekdays and 6pm to 10 pm at weekends, every day of the year on a drop in basis.
  • Online Counselling from a professional team of BACP qualified counsellors is available via 1-1 chat sessions or messaging on a drop in basis or via booked sessions. 
  • Discussion Boards which are all pre-moderated allow young people to access peer to peer support.
  • Online Magazine full of moderated articles many of which are submitted by young people offering advice and guidance on a huge range of topics.
  • No referral is required.  Young people can register for Kooth independently at www.kooth.com

Kooth is running free online parent information sessions in May.  The sessions are designed to help you understand how Kooth can support your child with their mental health and wellbeing.  Each session will cover:

  • A Presentation on Kooth
  • A Live tour of the Kooth site
  • An opportunity for Questions & Answers about Kooth
  • Share good practice and self support activities you can do as a family.

Please click on the registration link for the date/time you’d like to attend:

Please ensure you register for the webinar of your choice.

PLEASE MAKE A NOTE OF THE ZOOM MEETING ID NUMBER FOR THE SESSION YOU HAVE REGISTERED FOR.

DateTimeRegistration LinkZoom Link
Friday 7th May 6-7pmhttps://forms.gle/YihccwhZkUe8BQ7t5https://zoom.us/j/99256130809
Friday 14th May6-7 pmhttps://forms.gle/YihccwhZkUe8BQ7t5https://zoom.us/j/99256130809
Friday 21st May 6-7pmhttps://forms.gle/YihccwhZkUe8BQ7t5https://zoom.us/j/99256130809

To find out more visit www.Kooth.com  You can also view a short video about the service by following this link: Kooth Video                                                      

If you have any questions or would like to discuss what Kooth.com can offer, please email the office and contact Miss Scelsi.  If you would prefer to contact Kooth directly, simply email parents@kooth.com.

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Curriculum Intent

At St Vincent’s it is our INTENT is to enable ALL children to thrive through the opportunities we provide them with, in order to:

  • Live their lives by the Gospel and Vincentian values instilled in them at school.
  • Understand that everyone has the right and responsibility to live in our world constructively and ensure that we leave it in a better state than when we entered it by living and working through the principles of Catholic Social Teaching in line with the UNCRC (United Nations Conventions on the Rights of the Child)
  • Experience creativity across the curriculum through specialist art and dance lessons and opportunities to take part in art, music, dance and creative writing competitions.
  • Know the joy of outdoor learning, the rich biodiversity within our school grounds and locality and develop a responsibility for the environment we share as stewards.
  • Understand their place in the world, globally and locally, knowing the history of our school, Mill Hill and the Daughters of Charity and knowing where our diverse community members have their roots across the world.
  • Be ready and well-prepared for their next steps in life, having high aspirations for themselves and for others because they have experienced success and a belief in learning from mistakes.
  • Have a life-long curiosity, stimulated by the driving questions of Project Based Learning approach to the curriculum fostering inquiry and independent learning skills, which give confidence to ask big questions about the world.
  • Be literate and numerate having experienced a rich variety of texts to stimulate and excite the mind while developing skills in investigating and problem solving to enable them to excel in their future passions.
  • Be confident and happy young people that have a broad understanding and tolerance of the world and others around them with excellent communication skills honed by their experience of Restorative Justice and respect of the dignity and wishes of the individual.

Curriculum Context

St Vincent’s is a 1.5 form entry school with 285 children ranging from 4 -11. Children come predominantly from the parishes of Sacred Heart in Mill Hill and St Anthony’s in Edgware.

Children come from a diverse range of socio-economic backgrounds, speak 17 different languages and hail from 26 different ethnic groups. The curriculum we present, and promote, to the children is an endeavour to reflect these differences by providing opportunities to explore the different countries, languages and customs our children are part of through the projects they investigate. We have looked closely at the context of our school, the backgrounds of the children and how life is for a child growing up in North London today. We have used the underlying principles of our Catholic Faith and the example of our namesake St Vincent to create a set of values which lie at the heart of our curriculum.

We are aware of the changing nature of society and the pressures faced by young children as they enter the next stage of their education. The rise in Mental Health related issues has been widely documented across the media. Therefore, issues such as internet safety and the enormous impact across society of social media are at the forefront of our minds when planning our curriculum. With the current worldwide concerns relating to Covid 19, racial justice, equality and diversity, as well as gender and economic background, we feel it is our duty to prepare the children through a concerted focus on building independence, resilience and communication skills linked to our Vincentian Values.